Creative Approaches to Design - Kim McBrien Evans

There is a place for patterns, and a place for learning to let go of traditional knitting structures and making creative design decisions on your own. This is what we will explore in this full-day class.

Look at the things you do everyday as a knitter: basic structures, stitch patterns, colour and design. Learn how to “break” those structures, change them and how far you can bend them to your will. Through a series of exercises, gain confidence in your own experiments and design ideas and learn how to bring them to your knitting.

A variety of class materials for use in creative exercises will be provided. Body models, different papers, tags, colouring tools.

Supplies to bring:

notebook and pen/pencil for taking notes/sketching/etc.

needles: bring a variety of needles you enjoy working with. There will be samples of yarns to play within a range of weights. Gauge will not be important, so a few different sizes that feel good in your hands is more important than specific sizes.

small amounts of yarn to play with (some will be provided as well, so if you don’t have this, don’t worry)